Campaigns and Elections

New Yorker Chuck Walker (L) dressed as Republican

How the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for Insurrection How the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for Insurrection

The post-election uprising in Miami-Dade County gives the lie to the depiction of the failed Trumpian coup as an isolated event.

Aug 4, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Ohio Capitol

The Religious Right-Wingers Working to Run Ohio The Religious Right-Wingers Working to Run Ohio

Republican legislators in the Buckeye State have introduced multiple bills to curtail civil rights with the help of the Center for Christian Virtue.

Aug 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

We Sing, We Dance

We Sing, We Dance We Sing, We Dance

Uncle Meltie.

Jul 29, 2022 / Steve Brodner

Missouri Senate Hopeful Lucas Kunce Battles Big Money in Both Parties

Missouri Senate Hopeful Lucas Kunce Battles Big Money in Both Parties Missouri Senate Hopeful Lucas Kunce Battles Big Money in Both Parties

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the Senate candidate has the right message to beat the millionaires who seek to dominate politics.

Jul 29, 2022 / John Nichols

Pro-abortion protesters march outside Indiana state capitol building

Democrats Can’t Leave Pro-Choice Votes on the Table Democrats Can’t Leave Pro-Choice Votes on the Table

The Roe reversal has brought together a potential coalition that, if leveraged, could prove a powerful challenge to the anti-abortion movement.

Jul 27, 2022 / Addy Baird

January 6th committee hearing

Trump Is A Criminal. Pence Is A Coward. Trump Is A Criminal. Pence Is A Coward.

Those are the two top takeaways from the January 6 committee’s stunning first “season.”

Jul 27, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Poor Peoples Campaign

Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left

The reason people are disenchanted is that this economy doesn’t work for them.

Jul 26, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mandela Barnes at 48th Annual Juneteenth Day Festival 2019

Progressives Unite Behind Mandela Barnes in the Wisconsin Senate Race Progressives Unite Behind Mandela Barnes in the Wisconsin Senate Race

A week after Bernie Sanders backed the Senate candidate, Barnes wins a big endorsement from progressive rival Tom Nelson.

Jul 26, 2022 / John Nichols

Student Protest Roe

What’s At Stake for Young Voters What’s At Stake for Young Voters

Young people coast to coast detail the most critical issues in the 2022 midterms, from student debt to abortion to climate change.

Jul 26, 2022 / StudentNation / StudentNation

January 6th committee hearing

187 Minutes of Treason 187 Minutes of Treason

Thursday’s January 6 Committee hearing painted a portrait of “an out-of-control, criminal, seditious, mad president.”

Jul 22, 2022 / John Nichols

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